With Evo 2, AI can model and design the genetic code for all domains of life

The DNA foundation model Evo 2 has been published in the journal Nature. Trained on the DNA of over 100,000 species across ...

Influenza's molecular theft caught in action—how the virus steals the cap of host RNA in order to replicate

The cold season is in full swing, throats are scratchy and noses are running. We feel ill and hope it is not the flu. The ...

Large genome model: Open source AI trained on trillions of bases

Late in 2025, we covered the development of an AI system called Evo that was trained on massive numbers of bacterial genomes. So many that, when prompted with sequences from a cluster of related genes ...

Your Experiences Change You—Scientists Think They Could Change Your DNA, Too

Called “Lamarckian Inheritance,” the theory suggests that those experiences can even be passed down to future generations.
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AI can write genomes — how long until it creates synthetic life?

The Evo2 genomic language model can generate short genome sequences, but scientists say further advances are needed to write ...